Urban Gardening in Vienna: Vegetable cultivation in the Neustift cemetery!

Urban Gardening in Vienna: Vegetable cultivation in the Neustift cemetery!

Neustift am Walde, Österreich - in Vienna not only sprouts the flowers, but also the vegetables. Urban Gardening has established itself in the city's cemeteries, and since March 2025 the Neustift cemetery has also been the focus of the green hobby. At this special place, Gärtner -loving Viennese has the opportunity to grow fresh vegetables on pre -planted areas without disturbing active graves. As the today , ten new vegetable beads have already been handed over to users.

The initiative, which was started in cooperation with the "arable heroes", offers the gardeners the selection between two sizes of areas: 24 m² or 40 m². Before the handover, the beds were already planted with high-quality organic vegetable cultures, and the fruit and vegetables that are harvested here are consistently organic certified. "Cemeteries are more than just places of commemoration; they are also places of encounter and environmental gags," explains Renate Niklas, managing director of Friedhöfe Wien GmbH.

Special features of Urban Gardening

The Urban Gardening offer has already been available in the central cemetery and the Southwest cemetery. The beds have proven to be extremely popular in these areas: Around 75 percent of users have already booked their areas for 2025. This great demand meant that the offer was now expanded to the new pent meadow.

The participants are not left alone: ​​Expert "arable heroes" are available with advice and action and help with cultivation, care and harvest. In addition, everything you need is available to the gardeners on site - from garden tools to irrigation water. This all-round care is particularly valuable for those who may take gardening for the first time.

Access and booking

Participation in this green project is initially only available to the users of the digital grave, which has been integrated into every grave system free of charge since 2020. Interested parties can use the website Kürhöfe Vienna in the "Exclusive & Neu" area, while stocks last. If you have any questions or for booking, there are both advice on site as well as support by phone and email.

In addition, users can set up their digital memory rooms and carry out term extensions, which represents a modern connection to traditional commemorative practices. This innovative connection of gardening and commemoration is well received by Viennese-not only as an employment, but also as an important contribution to environmental engagement in the city, as reported by the Wiener Bezirksblatt .

With this initiative, Vienna shows that cemeteries not only stand for grief and silence, but also bloom and thrive - between graves and cucumbers, so to speak!